diff --git a/CMake/ImportGdal.cmake b/CMake/ImportGdal.cmake
index 0faf6a55c6deb072c9ffd62c26d3e02b92852ba2..00686befb66621ba09ef80f668e306ca5bbeed2f 100644
--- a/CMake/ImportGdal.cmake
+++ b/CMake/ImportGdal.cmake
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ IF(OTB_USE_EXTERNAL_GDAL)
              "Cannot find GDAL. Set GDAL_INCLUDE_DIR and GDAL_LIBRARY")
   ENDIF(NOT GDAL_FOUND)
 
-  INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${GDAL_INCLUDE_DIR})
-
   MESSAGE(STATUS "  GDAL includes : ${GDAL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
   MESSAGE(STATUS "  GDAL library  : ${GDAL_LIBRARY}")